Persian translation of ‘Histoire de l’empire de Russie sous Pierre-le-Grand’ and ‘Histoire de Charlez XII, roi du Suede’, produced in 1873
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Roseberys London, ‘Lot 144. Voltaire: Tarikh-i Pitr-i Kabir and Tarikh-i Sharl-i Davazdahhum, copy attributed to Ibn Muhammad Khan Safdar ‘Ali,Qajar Iran, 10 Dhu’l Qa’da 1290AH/30 December 1873AD, A History of Peter the Great, translated from Voltaire’s Histoire de l’empire de Russie sous Pierre-le-Grand and Histoire de Charles XII, roi du Suede’
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Persian translation of ‘Histoire de l’empire de Russie sous Pierre-le-Grand’ and ‘Histoire de Charlez XII, roi du Suede’, produced in 1873
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Persian translation of ‘Histoire de l’empire de Russie sous Pierre-le-Grand’ and ‘Histoire de Charlez XII, roi du Suede’, produced in 1873.
Detailed Summary:
The marbled decorative borders of this manuscript are unusual. The only other known manuscript to include similar borders is a translation of Tarikh’i Iskandar (The History of Alexander the Great) that was copied by Ibn Muhammad Khan Safdar ‘Ali in Kabul on Monday 8th Rabi’ II 1291 AH (25th May 1874 AD). A reference to the Voltaire translation is given in the preface to the Tarikh’i Iskandar: ‘Ibn Muhammad Khan Safdar ‘Ali is to produce this text as well as the History of Peter the Great’, confirming that the two volumes were made in this style at the bequest of the same patron. The Tarikh’i Iskandar was produced in Kabul, Afghanistan while this manuscript was produced in Iran, suggesting that their shared patron was a Qajar figure significant enough to travel with a large enough retinue to include a calligrapher.
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141 ff.
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323 x 215 mm
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1
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Bound in black morocco.
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The borders of each page are richly decorated with blue marbled paper.
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1873
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This MS contains two seal impressions of the Nusrat’ullah Khan. The MS entered a private collection in London in the 1960s/70s. It passed at the Christie’s sale in London on 26 October 2017 (Lot. 123) and the Roseberys sale in London on 2 May 2025 (Lot. 144) where it sold for £18,368.
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